Misc PC Music Links
Budget Guitar Tuner (Win 9x) - no more guessing - use your computer to tune your guitar. http://www.geocities.com/randyinc_nz/software/software.html
Cassette Tape Producer 4.0 (Win9x) - helps you to make perfectly timed cassette recordings of .mp3, .wav, and MIDI files from your sound card's output to the input of an audio cassette deck. Also Prints cassette J-cards http://www.hitsquad.com/smm/programs/The_Tape_Producer/
CD Jewel Case Designer for Win9x - A VB6 application to make generic text-only labels for CDROM jewel cases. Works with Postscript & non-Postscript (untested) printers. Offers seperate single line text entry for Title text, Insert text, and Spine text. User selectable RW (read-write) or RO (read-only) flag printed on label spine. User selectable font styles.VB runtimes NOT included.http://members.home.com/mstolove/jclt.htm
CD Label Creator3000 - allows you to create your own CD LABEL ( Front - Back - CD Face ). http://www.multimania.com/survivor/progs.htm
Chordplay for Windows 3.x - Can't afford Band in A Box? Here's a nifty little program that will allow you to produce chord & purcussion backing tracks to enable you to enhance your musical improvisation skills. Written for Windows 3.1 it seems to run well under Win95. http://www.hitsquad.com/smm/programs/Chordplay_for_Windows/
Fat Rock Recorder - is a multitrack, digital audio recorder (hard disk recording-studio) for Windows95/98/NT4 and later. It has 16 stereo/mono channels and is designed to work like a DAT recorder. http://www.hitsquad.com/smm/programs/FatRockStudio/
Intervals - An ear-trainer applet that teaches students of music to identify intervals of the chromatic scale. This is a java based web aplet. http://ccism.pc.athabascau.ca/html/lewisv/intervals.html
Kastor Tabulature Manager - K-G-T-Manager is small application that is the easiest way to view/read your guitar tabulature. http://www.inet.hr/%7Ekpetak/
Massiva - Massiva is a freeware MIDI/Digital Audio sequencer with SB AWE support. http://www.sonicspot.com/massiva/massiva.html
Music 101 - Learn to read music with this small (but effective) note recognition tutorial. http://msnhomepages.talkcity.com/HobbyCt/commander101/DownLoad1.html
Music Database v2.5.1 for Win9x/NTFreeware Music Database is a straightforward music collection cataloging system. It will allow you to keep a track of all your LPs, CDs or whatever, with a minimum of fuss. It has a friendly interface and is reasonably configurable. http://www.netcomuk.co.uk/%7Efangorn/ultimathule/index.html
Musika 3.1 - is a freeware music notation program. If you know music theory,you can now make professional looking music charts for free! Written for Windows 3.1 .http://home.att.net/%7Ejorgeguillen/muzika.html
Power MP3 Studio for Win 9x - This is not just another Mp3 Player, but a complete studio that allows you to Play Mp3, Create Mp3 CDs, Decode, Studio Mix with 24 Band Equalizer, Playlist Creator, ID3 Tag Editor, Skin Support and much more. The best part is it's totally FREE. . http://www.worldusa.com/mp3/powermp3/index.html
RandyTab- Is a music tablature authoring software that allows users to quickly and easily create tablature for any fretted instrument with four to seven strings and play the it back via a MIDI compatible soundcard http://www.geocities.com/randyinc_nz/software/software.html
Real Audio Produce - convert your audio files into Realaudio {tm} streaming media for your website. http://www.hitsquad.com/smm/programs/RealProducer/
Visual Music - lets you play 128 musical instruments on your PC including Flute, Bagpiper and even whistle! You can even record what you are playing, edit it and save it in a file. http://members.xoom.com/visualmusic/
WinAmp v2.65 for Win 9x- Nullsoft Winamp is the ultimate high-fidelity music player for Windows 95/98/NT. Winamp supports MP3, CD and other audio formats, more than 10,000 skins and 150 audio visualization and effect plug-ins. Winamp is freeware.http://www.winamp.com/
Professional Recording Resources
General Resources
Intersections of Art, Technology, Science & Culture metalinks http://userwww.sfsu.edu/%7Einfoarts/links/wilson.artlinks2.html
Pro Audio metalinks
http://www.audiodirectory.nl/
Audio Engineering Society
http://www.aes.org/
Audio/tech books (from Mix Books)
http://musicbooksplus.com/mixbookshelf.php
Educational CD-ROM's (from cool breeze systems)
http://www.coolbreezesys.com/
Handbook for Acoustic Ecology (cd-rom)
http://www.sfu.ca/%7Etruax/handbook.html
Mix Magazine
http://www.mixonline.com/
Electronic Musician
http://www.emusician.com/
EQ Magazine
http://www.eqmag.com/
Modern Recording web site
http://www.modrec.com/
Computer music production guide (from EM)
http://cmpg2003.emusician.com/home/index.htm
Electronic Music Foundation
http://www.emf.org/
Digital Domain (Bob Katz)
http://www.digido.com/
Dave Moulton's Golden Ears (ear training program)
http://www.kiqproductions.com/index.html
Deep Listening (Pauline Oliveros Foundation)
http://www.deeplistening.org/
The Scientist and Engineer's Guide to Digital Signal Processing (downloadable book in pdf format)
http://www.dspguide.com/
Oblique Strategies
http://www.rtqe.net/ObliqueStrategies/
History/Background
The art of noises / Luigi Russolo
Russolo and the instruments he made
A history of electronic instruments 1870-1990
Recording History (Meta page)
Recording Technology History
Electric Guitar
Interactive Guitar/Bass Timeline
Acoustics
Basic Acoustics for Electronic Musicians
How the Ear Works
The Soundry (interactive intro to sound and hearing)
Microphones
Microphone data site (see excellent library of pdf articles)
Michael Hartkopf Mic page
Allen Sides Microphone cabinet CD-Rom
3D Mic CD
Stereo Miking Article (by Bruce Bartlett)
Audio Technica Microphones http://www.audio-technica.com/
Mixers
Choosing a mixer (from TweakHeadz Lab)
Mackie mixers
Recording/mixing Basics
Mixing basics
Mixing basics (desktop)
MIDI Info
What is MIDI ?
Exploring MIDI
Software resources
Shareware/freeware for Mac
Shareware/freeware for Windows
Protools (free: OS 9 and Widows 98/Me)
Soundhack (free: Mac)
Steinberg (Cubase / Nuendo...)
Emagic (Logic...)
Mark of the Unicorn (Digital Performer / Mach 5 + hardware...)
Cycling 74 (Max/MSP / Jitter / Plugo...)
Native Instruments (Reaktor and others...)
Misc. media software (download.com)
Surround / DVD info
Surround sound info (from Surround Associates)
Surround Professional Magazine
5.1 production guide <pdf> (from dolby)
Sound Spatialization (additional conceptual/technical info)
Purchasing Sites and info
Personal studio buyers guide (from EM)
TweakHeadz Home studio guide
Wind Over the Earth
Rockley Music
The Sound Room (Oktava Mics)
Earthworks (mic and preamps)
Audio Engineering Associates (Wes Dooley)
Posthorn Recordings
Sweetwater
Full Compass Systems
Markertek
Misc Music Creation Resources
Sound Tutorials http://www.killersound.com/cgi-bin/killersound.storefront/404805f9069ee02a2718c690603d065c/Catalog - Good tutorials on using sound in Flash, Director, Powerpoint and video.
Audacity Tutorials [manual/guide
Accompaniment Software
Band-In-A-Box (http://www.pgmusic.com): PC and Mac
SmartMusic (http://www.codamusic.com): PC and Mac
Jammer Professional (http://www.soundtrek.com): PC
In Concert (http://www.cakewalk.com): PC
Music Theory Software
Ars Nova (http://www.ars-nova.com): PC and Mac
Music Ace Starter, Music Ace and Music Ace 2 (http://www.harmonicvision.com): PC and Mac
Auralia (http://www.risingsoftware.com/auralia): PC and Mac
Musition 2 (http://www.risingsoftware.com/musition: PC and Mac
MusicLab Melody and Harmony (http://www.town4kids.com/): PC
Music Lessons amd Music Lessons II (http://www.mibac.com): PC and Mac
Listen (http://www.imaja.com): Mac
Essentials of Music Theory (http://www.alfredpub.com): PC and Mac
Music Reading and Theory Skills (http://www.musicreading.com/): PC with assessment sight-reading package for vocalists and instrumentalists
Musica Analytica 2.0 (Musica Analytica 2.0): PC and Mac
Sequencers
Ableton Live http://www.m-audio.com/products/en_us/AbletonLive5-main.html
Sonar and Home Studio (http:// www.cakewalk.com/)): PC
MasterTracks Pro (http://www.gvox.com): PC and Mac
PowerTracks Pro Audio (http://www.pgmusic.com: PC
MIDIGraphy (http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/1799): Mac
Anvil Studio (http://www.anvilstudio.com): PC
XG Works (http://www.yamaha.com): PC
Mono Sequencing
Autoscore (http://www.wildcat.com): PC and Mac
Finale 2006 (http://www.makemusic.com): PC and Mac
Sibelius version 3.0 (http://www.sibelius.com): PC and Mac
Notation
Finale 2006, Finale Guitar, PrintMusic 2005, NotePad Plus 2006 and Note Pad 2006: ((http://www.codamusic.com): PC and Mac
Sibelius 3.0 and G7 (http://www.sibelius.com): PC and Mac
Musicator (http://www.musicator.com): PC
Music Write 2000 (http://www.voyetra.com): PC
Doodle Pad (http://www.harmonicvision.com): PC and Mac
Noteworthy Composer. Music Notation package http://www.noteworthysoftware.com
Play Music (http://www.notationtechnologies.com): PC and Mac
Encore (http://www.gvox.com/): PC and Mac
dbPowerAMP - PC/MAC - great free music converter/player. Download http://www.dbpoweramp.com/
FREE FINALE NOTEPAD Software http://www.finalemusic.com/
Digital Audio Recording and Editing
Superscope PSD 300 (http://www.superscopetechnologies.com): dedicated CD Recording System
Digital Orchestrator Pro ((http://www.voyetra.com): PC
Sonar (http://www.cakewalk.com/): PC
Metro (http://www.cakewalk.com/): Mac
CuBase VST (http://www.steinberg.com): PC and Mac
ACID Pro 4.0, Sound Forge 7.0 and Vegas 4.0 (http://www.sonicfoundry.com): PC
Syntrillium is now Adobe Audition (http://www.adobe.com/special/products/audition/syntrillium.html): PC
Music Master by Datasonics (http://www.datasonics.com.au or http://www.ecsmedia.com in U.S.A.): PC
Audacity (http://audacity.sourceforge.net/): PC
Mark of the Unicorn (Digital Performer: Mac),
E-Magic (Logic Audio Platinum: Mac),
Digidesign (Pro Tools: PC).
Music Optical Scanning
MIDIScan (http://www.musitek.com): PC and Mac
SmartScore(http://www.musitek.com): PC and Mac
Sibelius (http://www.sibelius.com): PC and Mac
SharpEye Music Reader (http://www.visiv.co.uk/): PC
General Music
MiDisaurus(http://www.town4kids.com): PC and Mac
Lamb Chop Loves Music (http://www.ddc.com/extra/lambchop.htm and (http://www.thereviewzone.com/lambchopmusic.html): PC
Julliard Project (http://www.thereviewzone.com/julliardmusic.html): PC and Mac
The History of Folk Music: (http://www.clearvue.com): PC and Mac
Appreciating the Orchestra (http://www.clearvue.com): PC and Mac
Discovering Music (http://www.classroom.com): PC
Adventures In Musicland (http://www.ecsmedia.com): PC and Mac
Musical Games
Multimedia Music Games (http://www.voyetra.com): PC
Ricochet (http://www.ecsmedia.com): PC and Mac
Musicus(http://www.ecsmedia.com): PC and Mac
Challenge Musicus(http://www.ecsmedia.com): PC and Mac
Super Musicus(http://www.ecsmedia.com): PC and Mac
Alfred's Theory Games (http://www.alfredpub.com) : PC and Mac
Dolphin Don's Music School (http://www.dolphindon.com): PC
Music Teacher Utilities
Teacher's Helper, Teacher Timesaverd and Crossword Companion (http://www.visteched.com/): PC and Mac
Lesson Plan Helper (http://www.ftcpublishing.com/index.html): PC and Mac
AwardMaker 2002 and BadgeMaker Plus (http://www.baudville.com): PC and Mac
Making The Grade (http://www.gradebusters.com/): PC and Mac
Misc PC Music Links
Budget Guitar Tuner (Win 9x) - no more guessing - use your computer to tune your guitar. http://www.geocities.com/randyinc_nz/software/software.html
Cassette Tape Producer 4.0 (Win9x) - helps you to make perfectly timed cassette recordings of .mp3, .wav, and MIDI files from your sound card's output to the input of an audio cassette deck. Also Prints cassette J-cards http://www.hitsquad.com/smm/programs/The_Tape_Producer/
CD Jewel Case Designer for Win9x - A VB6 application to make generic text-only labels for CDROM jewel cases. Works with Postscript & non-Postscript (untested) printers. Offers seperate single line text entry for Title text, Insert text, and Spine text. User selectable RW (read-write) or RO (read-only) flag printed on label spine. User selectable font styles.VB runtimes NOT included.http://members.home.com/mstolove/jclt.htm
CD Label Creator3000 - allows you to create your own CD LABEL ( Front - Back - CD Face ). http://www.multimania.com/survivor/progs.htm
Chordplay for Windows 3.x - Can't afford Band in A Box? Here's a nifty little program that will allow you to produce chord & purcussion backing tracks to enable you to enhance your musical improvisation skills. Written for Windows 3.1 it seems to run well under Win95. http://www.hitsquad.com/smm/programs/Chordplay_for_Windows/
Fat Rock Recorder - is a multitrack, digital audio recorder (hard disk recording-studio) for Windows95/98/NT4 and later. It has 16 stereo/mono channels and is designed to work like a DAT recorder. http://www.hitsquad.com/smm/programs/FatRockStudio/
Intervals - An ear-trainer applet that teaches students of music to identify intervals of the chromatic scale. This is a java based web aplet. http://ccism.pc.athabascau.ca/html/lewisv/intervals.html
Kastor Tabulature Manager - K-G-T-Manager is small application that is the easiest way to view/read your guitar tabulature. http://www.inet.hr/%7Ekpetak/
Massiva - Massiva is a freeware MIDI/Digital Audio sequencer with SB AWE support. http://www.sonicspot.com/massiva/massiva.html
Music 101 - Learn to read music with this small (but effective) note recognition tutorial. http://msnhomepages.talkcity.com/HobbyCt/commander101/DownLoad1.html
Music Database v2.5.1 for Win9x/NTFreeware Music Database is a straightforward music collection cataloging system. It will allow you to keep a track of all your LPs, CDs or whatever, with a minimum of fuss. It has a friendly interface and is reasonably configurable. http://www.netcomuk.co.uk/%7Efangorn/ultimathule/index.html
Musika 3.1 - is a freeware music notation program. If you know music theory,you can now make professional looking music charts for free! Written for Windows 3.1 .http://home.att.net/%7Ejorgeguillen/muzika.html
Power MP3 Studio for Win 9x - This is not just another Mp3 Player, but a complete studio that allows you to Play Mp3, Create Mp3 CDs, Decode, Studio Mix with 24 Band Equalizer, Playlist Creator, ID3 Tag Editor, Skin Support and much more. The best part is it's totally FREE. . http://www.worldusa.com/mp3/powermp3/index.html
RandyTab- Is a music tablature authoring software that allows users to quickly and easily create tablature for any fretted instrument with four to seven strings and play the it back via a MIDI compatible soundcard http://www.geocities.com/randyinc_nz/software/software.html
Real Audio Produce - convert your audio files into Realaudio {tm} streaming media for your website. http://www.hitsquad.com/smm/programs/RealProducer/
Visual Music - lets you play 128 musical instruments on your PC including Flute, Bagpiper and even whistle! You can even record what you are playing, edit it and save it in a file. http://members.xoom.com/visualmusic/
WinAmp v2.65 for Win 9x- Nullsoft Winamp is the ultimate high-fidelity music player for Windows 95/98/NT. Winamp supports MP3, CD and other audio formats, more than 10,000 skins and 150 audio visualization and effect plug-ins. Winamp is freeware.http://www.winamp.com/